So for xmas did you get what you wanted? My list as comparisson:
Wanted ------------------------------ Got
PJ Harvey's new album --------------------- PJ Harvey's new album
LOTR extended DVD ------------------------ LOTR extended DVD
NVidia GeForce 6800 Ultra ------------------ A round of laughs
Money towards my new PC ----------------- £10 Cheque from my aunt
3some with girlfriend & Virginie Ledoyen -- 'A brief history of time'
So, I have learnt the lesson that asking for realistic presents actually makes it more likely you will get them. Unfortunately for my family I will be boycotting realism next year in an attempt to force them into procuring something surreal instead.
Originally posted by StarrmanWanted
So for xmas did you get what you wanted? My list as comparisson:
[b]Wanted ------------------------------ Got
PJ Harvey's new album --------------------- PJ Harvey's new album
LOTR extended DVD ------------------------ LOTR extended DVD
NVidia GeForce 6800 Ultra ------------------ A round of laughs
Money towards my new PC -------------- ...[text shortened]... ycotting realism next year in an attempt to force them into procuring something surreal instead.[/b]
A little exercise bike to put under by desk to keep my legs exercised even when sat on my backside all day (I’m not joking!)
Got
A little exercise bike to put under by desk to keep my legs exercised even when sat on my backside all day.
Wanted
A book, Digital Retro, I paid for and then gave to my wife to give to me.
Got
A book called Digital Retro. Or as I call it, Porn for nerds.
Wanted
Some beer.
Got
Some beer.
Wanted
Nothing else.
Got
Lots of useless tat that has no purposes other than to fill up my office, although it is all soon to buried in some distant landfill. (This includes a letter opener (right, like anyone uses those) and a paperweight. (ditto))
-Russ
[Apologies to my family if you are reading this.]
Wanted:
Cities and Knights of Catan game was the only thing I specifically asked for.
Got:
XM radio home unit
Game: Cities and Knights of Catan
Book: Who Wrote The New Testament? The Making Of The Christian Myth
Book: Lucio Fontana (art book)
CDs:
Ani DiFranco, "Dilate"
Mazzy Star, "She Hangs Brightly"
David Bowie, "Hunky Dory"
Moroccan Spirit (sort of new age, Moroccan style music)
Beer: 2 bottles of Monty Python and the Holy Grail Ale
Dvd: Lost In Translation
Originally posted by RussErm... that will be me then.
This includes a letter opener (right, like anyone uses those...)
-Russ
"Am I so out-of-touch?" asked the physicist.
PS That would be a rhetorical question.
PPS Not that you needed it pointed out of course.
PPPS Except for those that did.